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Nari Contractor
Nariman Jamshedji Contractor
Born: 7 March 1934, Godhra, Gujarat
Major Teams: Gujarat, Railways, India.
Known As: Nari Contractor
Batting Style: Left Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Medium
Test Debut: India v New Zealand at Bombay, 2nd Test, 1955/56
Last Test: India v West Indies at Kingston, 2nd Test, 1961/62
Career Statistics:
TESTS
(career)
M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct St
Batting & Fielding 31 52 1 1611 108 31.58 1 11 18 0
O M R W Ave BBI 5 10 SR Econ
Bowling 31 7 80 1 80.00 1-9 0 0 186.0 2.58
FIRST-CLASS
(career: 1952/53 - 1970/71)
M I NO Runs HS Ave 100s Ct St
Batting & Fielding 138 234 18 8611 176 39.86 22 72 0
R W Ave BBI 5 10
Bowling 1040 26 40.00 4-85 0 0
LIST A LIMITED OVERS
M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct St
Batting & Fielding 0 - - - - - - - - -
Balls M R W Ave BBI 4w 5w SR Econ
Bowling 0 - - - - - - - - -
- Explanations of First-Class and List A status courtesy of the ACS.
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One of the tragic figures of Indian cricket, Nari Contractor's career
was cruelly cut short when he was struck on the skull by a short
delivery from Charlie Griffith in the Indian tourists' colony game
against Barbados in 1962. His life was in danger for some time and he
needed several emergency operations to take him off the danger
list. Almost two years later, the left handed opening batsman, the
very epitome of courage, was playing first class cricket. But despite
a brave attempt to stage a comeback to Test cricket, he never could
quite make it.
Contractor came into the limelight by scoring 92 against West Indies
at Delhi in 1958-59. He then attracted notice on the 1959 tour of
England. In the second Test at Lord's, he suffered a broken rib but
carried on manfully to get top score of 81 in a total of 168. Against
the all conquering Australians in 1959-60 he scored 438 runs, notching
up his first - and as events proved his only - Test century, at
Bombay. He was appointed captain against Pakistan in 1960-61, becoming
at 26, the youngest Indian captain. The next season, he led India to a
historic series victory over England. He was at his peak both as
captain and batsman when he was struck by the the near-fatal
blow. Contractor had started his first class career by scoring a
century in each innings for Gujarat against Baroda, equalling the
record held by another left handed opening batsman, Arthur Morris. In
a first class career that stretched almost two decades, Contractor
scored 8611 runs (39.86) with 22 hundreds. (Partab Ramchand)
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